Margie Bright Matthews

American politician
Margie Bright Matthews
Bright Matthews (second from left) with Henry McMaster, Hugh Weathers and others at a 2020 event with US Secretary Sonny Perdue
Member of the South Carolina Senate
from the 45th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
October 27, 2015
Preceded byClementa Pinckney
Personal details
Born (1963-02-10) February 10, 1963 (age 61)
Walterboro, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpousePatrick Matthews
EducationUniversity of South Carolina (BS, JD)

Margie Bright Matthews (born February 10, 1963) is a Democratic member of the South Carolina Senate, representing the 45th District since 2015, when she won a special election to succeed Clementa Pinckney, who was killed in the Charleston church shooting in 2015.[1][2] She is an attorney who founded a law firm.[3]

Bright Matthews was among several African American women from around the United States who endorsed Hillary Rodham Clinton for President in 2016.[4]

In 2023, she joined with an Independent and three Republican women senators, calling themselves, "The Sister Senators": Sen. Mia McLeod (I-Richland), Sen. Katrina Shealy (R-Lexington), Sen. Penry Gustafson (R-Kershaw), Sen. Margie Bright-Matthews (D-Colleton), and Sen. Sandy Senn (R-Charleston)."[5] They blocked male state senators from passing a bill that would ban all abortions in South Carolina.[6]

In September 2023 it was announced that "The Sister Senators" had been selected to receive the John F. Kennedy Profiles in Courage Award. The award was presented in an October 2023 ceremony at the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.[7]

References

  1. ^ "South Carolina Legislature Online - Member Biography".
  2. ^ "SC's newest senator Margie Bright Matthews sworn in". Associated Press. January 13, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Senator Margie Bright Matthews, an African-American Trailblazer for All Women in Law and Politics, Walterborolive, Anna S. Bright, February 17, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  4. ^ "Growing List of African American Women Leaders Stand with Hillary Clinton". The American Presidency Project. February 3, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2023.
  5. ^ The Unexpected Women Blocking South Carolina’s Near-Total Abortion Ban, New York Times, Kate Zernike, May 7, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
  6. ^ Republican women are helping block an abortion ban in South Carolina, WBTW, May 10, 2023. Retrieved May 11, 2023.
  7. ^ LeBlanc, Steve (September 19, 2023). "'Sister senators' who fought abortion ban to receive JFK Profile in Courage award". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 19, 2023.

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Members of the South Carolina Senate
President of the Senate
Thomas C. Alexander (R)
Majority Leader
A. Shane Massey (R)
Minority Leader
Brad Hutto (D)
  1. ▌Thomas C. Alexander (R)
  2. ▌Rex Rice (R)
  3. ▌Richard Cash (R)
  4. ▌Michael Gambrell (R)
  5. ▌Tom Corbin (R)
  6. ▌Dwight Loftis (R)
  7. ▌Karl B. Allen (D)
  8. ▌Ross Turner (R)
  9. ▌Danny Verdin (R)
  10. ▌Billy Garrett (R)
  11. ▌Josh Kimbrell (R)
  12. ▌Scott Talley (R)
  13. ▌Shane Martin (R)
  14. ▌Harvey S. Peeler Jr. (R)
  15. ▌Wes Climer (R)
  16. ▌Michael Johnson (R)
  17. ▌Mike Fanning (D)
  18. ▌Ronnie Cromer (R)
  19. ▌Tameika Isaac Devine (D)
  20. ▌Dick Harpootlian (D)
  21. ▌Darrell Jackson (D)
  22. ▌Mia McLeod (I)
  23. ▌Katrina Shealy (R)
  24. ▌Tom Young Jr. (R)
  25. ▌A. Shane Massey (R)
  26. ▌Nikki G. Setzler (D)
  27. ▌Penry Gustafson (R)
  28. ▌Greg Hembree (R)
  29. ▌Gerald Malloy (D)
  30. ▌Kent M. Williams (D)
  31. ▌Mike Reichenbach (R)
  32. ▌Ronnie A. Sabb (D)
  33. ▌Luke A. Rankin (R)
  34. ▌Stephen Goldfinch (R)
  35. ▌Thomas McElveen (D)
  36. ▌Kevin L. Johnson (D)
  37. ▌Larry Grooms (R)
  38. ▌Sean Bennett (R)
  39. ▌Vernon Stephens (D)
  40. ▌Brad Hutto (D)
  41. ▌Sandy Senn (R)
  42. ▌Deon Tedder (D)
  43. ▌Chip Campsen (R)
  44. ▌Brian Adams (R)
  45. ▌Margie Bright Matthews (D)
  46. ▌Tom Davis (R)
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